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Reads 'donkey stones' (cont'd) & other oldies ....
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Joe ex Bexleyheath | Report | 18 Apr 2005 22:03 |
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Good Heavens ! Didn't know they had the name 'donkey stone' but sure takes me back to my gran doing the window cills and steps; goes together with Reckitts Blue, Brasso, fly paper, Ajax and taking the wireless accumulator to be charged. Happy Days ! |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 18 Apr 2005 23:08 |
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You were lucky - I had to do the steps with Red Cardinal. It dyed your hands a deep shade of indelible red - I looked like a mass-murderer for most of my childhood. Marjorie |
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Ann-Marie | Report | 18 Apr 2005 23:40 |
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You can still get Brasso and Ajax, my mum uses it all the time. |
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David | Report | 18 Apr 2005 23:52 |
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My mum used to sharpen the carving knife on the back doorstep |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 18 Apr 2005 23:52 |
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You can still get 'Zebrite' fire blackener too!! maggie |
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Researching: |
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Joe ex Bexleyheath | Report | 19 Apr 2005 00:16 |
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Yep, I realise that you can still get some of these things but sometimes you have to hunt for them too, but in general I think that people now prefer the easy ways out. My gr'kids never heard of malt or Scotts emulsion - let alone tasted it. I remember they were a 'norm' including cod liver oil and ... errrr sometimes sennapods ! Now they got wireless stuff in P C World - cant even get Daventry or Luxembourg on them ! |
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